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John
Is using the utility, CCleaner, a good (and safe) idea?
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Of historical note on Sun, 16 Mar 2008 15:06:00 -0700
John <[email protected]> scribed:
|Is using the utility, CCleaner, a good (and safe) idea?
IMHO yes for deleting temp type files, i.e., Temporary Internet Files etc.
But unless you are a very experienced computer user do not use the registry cleaner portion of the program. If you look back through posts in this group as well as windowsxp.general and windowsxp.help_and_support about registry cleaners, ther're evel. Overall they create more problems than they correct.
hth
John <[email protected]> scribed:
|Is using the utility, CCleaner, a good (and safe) idea?
IMHO yes for deleting temp type files, i.e., Temporary Internet Files etc.
But unless you are a very experienced computer user do not use the registry cleaner portion of the program. If you look back through posts in this group as well as windowsxp.general and windowsxp.help_and_support about registry cleaners, ther're evel. Overall they create more problems than they correct.
hth
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philo
registry cleaner portion of the program. If you look back through posts incf said:Of historical note on Sun, 16 Mar 2008 15:06:00 -0700
John <[email protected]> scribed:
|Is using the utility, CCleaner, a good (and safe) idea?
IMHO yes for deleting temp type files, i.e., Temporary Internet Files etc.
But unless you are a very experienced computer user do not use the
this group as well as windowsxp.general and windowsxp.help_and_support about
registry cleaners, ther're evel. Overall they create more problems than they
correct.
I agree .
Clearing internet cache is a safe operation and it will usually help
performance.
OTOH: Cleaning the registry can involve some sort of risk, yet even if it
does no harm, is unlikely to effect any noticeable improvement
K
Ken Blake, MVP
Is using the utility, CCleaner, a good (and safe) idea?
Yes, it's a good product as long as you refrain from using its
registry cleaning functions. Registry cleaning is unneeded and always
dangerous.
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Unknown
No! And why bother with it??
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Bullwinkle
I agree that using CcCleaner is very good as long as you stay away from thephilo said:registry cleaner portion of the program. If you look back through posts in
this group as well as windowsxp.general and windowsxp.help_and_support
about
registry cleaners, ther're evel. Overall they create more problems than
they
correct.
I agree .
Clearing internet cache is a safe operation and it will usually help
performance.
OTOH: Cleaning the registry can involve some sort of risk, yet even if it
does no harm, is unlikely to effect any noticeable improvement
Registry portion and leave the Applications portion out of it.
I've used it for a long time and found it cuts short some of the cleaning
needed to be done with regard to the temp files cleanup.
Regards,
J
John
Bullwinkle:
Out of curiosity, doesn't Windows XP's Disk Cleanup utility perform a temp
file cleanup? If so, what makes CCleaner better?
Out of curiosity, doesn't Windows XP's Disk Cleanup utility perform a temp
file cleanup? If so, what makes CCleaner better?
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John
Bullwinkle:
Out of curiosity, doesn't Windows XP's Disk Cleanup utility perform a temp
file cleanup? If so, what makes CCleaner better?
Out of curiosity, doesn't Windows XP's Disk Cleanup utility perform a temp
file cleanup? If so, what makes CCleaner better?
B
Bullwinkle
I've found it faster and very specific. It cleans only what I ask it to.John said:Bullwinkle:
Out of curiosity, doesn't Windows XP's Disk Cleanup utility perform a temp
file cleanup? If so, what makes CCleaner better?
Hope this answers you question.
Regards,
G
Gerry
John
Disk CleanUp only works for the user profile it is run from. cCleaner
removes items that Disk CleanUp otherwise overlooks. However, you need
to use Disk CleanUp to remove excess System Restore points -see the More
Optionds tab.
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Hope this helps.
Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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Disk CleanUp only works for the user profile it is run from. cCleaner
removes items that Disk CleanUp otherwise overlooks. However, you need
to use Disk CleanUp to remove excess System Restore points -see the More
Optionds tab.
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Hope this helps.
Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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Bruce Chambers
John said:Bullwinkle:
Out of curiosity, doesn't Windows XP's Disk Cleanup utility perform a temp
file cleanup?
Yes, but it only clean ups the temporary files the are within the user
profile from which it is run, and allows no "targeted" cleaning.
If so, what makes CCleaner better?
One can set it to clean up all of the user profiles, or specify only
certain areas to clean. Of course, this may not matter if only one
person ever uses the computer in question.
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Bruce Chambers
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